Category Archives: WORKSHOPS

Mei-Ramew Farmers’ Market held in Shillong

NESFAS and SSC (Social Service Centre) Shillong Archdiocese organized a Mei-Ramew Farmers’ market on the 26th July 2018 at Savio Hall, Laitumkhrah Shillong. This market aims to promote and generate awareness on Indigenous Food Systems and its contribution towards food … Continue reading

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Remembering a Hero! ‘U Tirot Sing’

NESFAS organized an in-house commemoration to honour the legacy of U Syiem Tirot Sing. It has been 183 years since the passing of this great chieftain who was the first to not only defend the land and his people against … Continue reading

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“Finding our Grassroots”: Storytelling workshop

Young story tellers come together to create storyboards for indigenous messages at a storytelling workshop at NESFAS.    What started as a sharing of work over cups of teas on the 13th and 14th July under the title “Tea Time … Continue reading

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Tea-time stories: Finding our Grassroots. JOIN US!

  ARE YOU A STORYTELLER? Join us for an evening session called “Tea-time Stories: Finding Our Grassroots” on the 13th and 14th July 2018, organized by NESFAS. Open to visual/graphic artists, storytellers, filmmakers, photographers, bloggers, content writers, and, communication enthusiasts. … Continue reading

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An Indigenous Food fest in Shillong

The Indigenous Food Fest was organized by the Social Service Centre, Shillong Archdiocese, on 15th June 2018 at Savio Hall, Laitumkhrah Shillong, and NESFAS was invited to mentor the centre as well as participate.  The festival mainly featured a Farmers’ … Continue reading

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Let’s #BeatPlastPollution and #SaveOurSoils- WED2018

This year, for World Environment Day, NESFAS’ partner communities organized different activities to celebrate this auspicious event. The focus of most of the activities led by the communities is to “Beat Plastic Pollution” in order to “Save Our Soils”. NESFAS … Continue reading

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